Three days ahead of Narendra Modi’s visit to Assam, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Wednesday lashed out at the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, saying Modi sidelined other leaders of his party with his “dictatorial attitude”. “Modi has a dictatorial attitude. He is projecting himself as if it’s a one-man show in the Bharatiya Janata Party. He […]
The Election Commission of Thailand Wednesday announced that voter turnout nationwide in the Feb 2 general elections was 46.79 percent, excluding the nine provinces where voting was cancelled. The election commission said as many as 20.1 million out of 43.024 million eligible voters exercised their voting right in 68 provinces where voting was not disrupted […]
The shortage of Indian workers has forced around 400 jewellery workshops in Saudi Arabia to shut down with 100 others struggling to survive. “We now have 100 gold workshops that employ about 5,000 foreign workers, but there are very few skilled workers in the industry following the labour ministry’s decision to reduce the quota to […]
The Taliban are fighting for the implementation of the Islamic law, namely Sharia, which has been violated by Pakistan’s political leadership, a member of the committee nominated by the Taliban for talks with the government said Wednesday, Geo News reported. A decision over the meeting with the government committee will be made after consultations with […]
BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Wednesday slammed the idea of a Third Front and said it should be “rejected” as the concept would make India “third grade”. “Third Front will make India third grade and we need to reject them forever. Those talking about the Third Front in Delhi should come here and see […]
How interesting it would be if we could taste our food just by touching it. Honeybees can actually do that. Research sheds light on honeybees’ ability to taste with claws on their forelegs. Insects taste through sensilla – hair-like structures on the body that contain receptor nerve cells, each of which is sensitive to a […]
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has said the talks between Indian and Sri Lankan fishermen would derail if the island nation continued to arrest fishermen from the state. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Feb 4, the text of which was released to media Wednesday, Jayalalithaa mentioned that the Sri Lankan Navy […]
A court here will Feb 7 hear a criminal complaint against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly giving “misleading information” in his affidavit filed prior to the assembly elections. Metropolitan Magistrate Swati Katiyar, while posting the matter for Friday, said Wednesday that she would first go through the complaint and then only proceed further […]
The Pakistan government’s committee for peace talks will meet the Taliban dialogue-panel Thursday after a failed meet Feb 4, said Irfan Siddiqui, the coordinator for the government committee. “We will listen to reservations of the Taliban’s committee pertaining to our powers and will also redress them,” Siddiqui said Wednesday. The proposed peace talks between the […]
A total of 17 rounds of bidding have taken place till Wednesday afternoon in the second generation (2G) spectrum or airwaves auction that began Feb 3, an official statement said here. “Auction recommenced with the 15th round today (Wednesday) at 9 a.m. Bidding is ongoing,” the statement said. Eight mobile phone service providers are participating […]